Southern yellow pine has been popular for a long time and remains the preferred choice for building professionals. One can use southern yellow pine for building projects that are big and small. This wood is known for our nation’s most used and sustainably harvested wood resource. Southern yellow pine is a reliable product for any task such as building a deck or framing a house. It is one of the most useful kinds of wood considering it is a preferred choice from professional builders to do-it-yourselfers. This wood has many amazing benefits and is one of the most popular choices for outdoor decking. Southern yellow pine is the ideal choice of wood due to its strength & durability, broad availability, and cost efficient pricing. Strength and durability are key factors when using southern yellow pine to build. Southern yellow pine is a pressure treated wood which makes it durable and resistant against rot and insects. This is helpful when it comes to building a deck because its guaranteed to last longer and not have as many problems. This wood is proven too last at least 15 years when treated correctly and can last even longer if treated with water repellent every two years. Brady Bult, who is a professional builder, says “Southern Yellow Pine has the highest density of all commonly used structural lumber species, providing superior fastener-holding power and load-bearing capacity”(Cite). Brady says this to explain the strength of the wood and that it can hold more weight than other kinds of wood. There is also a chemical for southern yellow pine called ACQ preserve. This is preserved without arsenate and protects against termites, decay, and fungi which protects the deck and also strengthens it too last longer. Sou... ... middle of paper ... ...y all have multiple favorable attributes to go along with them to show the significant side of southern yellow pine. There were different builders such as Jeff Fahrenholz, Bob Bratton, and Brady Bult that would all highly recommend southern yellow pine. They have all had plenty of building experiences with this lumber and were all hooked on it. There were many grading tests to prove which wood was best and every test came back in southern yellow pine’s favor. Not only did southern yellow pine pass most tests, but it also showed to be recyclable and healthy for the environment. It also benefits the community by buying this wood from local businesses which is also huge. Natural beauty is another attribute too southern yellow pine which is extremely desirable when one is trying to give a deck or home that appealing look that can only be found in certain timber.
Timberland has a long heritage of supporting to the communities around the globe where we live, work and explore
Tropical Salvage is a private manufacturer of unique handcrafted furniture. The company handcrafts furniture primarily from hardwoods that have been salvaged hence the name Tropical salvage , or rediscovered. The company was founded in 1998 by Tim O’Brien taking advantage of the high rate of underemployed Javanese woodworkers (Marshall, Peifer and Ferrigno, 1). These woodworkers, who were highly skilled, coupled with the almost unlimited supply of non-virgin tropical timber from the environs around Indonesia became the foundation of the company. Tropical Salvage is headquartered in Portland, Oregon Mr. O’Brien creatively merged these resources that were available to him for the creation of distinctive furniture. The sale of these handcrafted
The novel Through Black Spruce is an incredible book that shows the real truth and real life scenario of the First Nation community across Canada, it shows the real hardship and struggles the community faces every day and how they overcome it. The presence of the symbolism does give the novel a whole new meaning to it, the symbolism of beaver representing family and how they stick together, this shows Will bird a bush pilot in the novel, his struggles. The symbol of a bear portrays protection and love, proving once again the hardships the characters face throughout the novel and seeking for protection. While the symbol of Gosse represents seeking freedom, taking on a long journey, and seeking someone is what both of the main characters in the novel try to do. In the novel Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden, reveals to the reader that symbolism is a self-reflection of the character’s struggles’ and culture which helps the reader understand their own way of living.
of them. They use draft wood because when it’s in the water for a long period of time the
The average Redwood's life spans from around 800 to 1500 years. These anciet Redwoods were here when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, and 65 million years later we can now stroll through these living artifacts in coastal California.
As a result of her mother’s incarceration, Astrid is thrusted into a myriad of unmerited situations- the foster homes. One evil stepmother leads to another in this tale of adversity and just when Astrid’s prospects brighten under a shining sun, the clouds roll in and it begins to rain. “White Oleander” is a Cinderella story with all the ingredients of misery and misfortune but the wrong ending.
The Pecan tree is a native tree to North America. When early European settlers traveled across the sea to settle in the New World, they found pecan trees located in numerous places in this new land. Since then, the pecan tree has become one of the most important orchard species in terms of acreage. Indians began using pecans almost 8000 years ago in what is now Texas. The first budded pecan trees were produced in Louisiana in the mid-1800s and orchards have been established throughout the Southern states. The first recorded shipment of pecans to England was documented in 1761, by Spanish and European explorers (Anderson and Crocker, 2004). In 1917, a commercial shipment of pecans came out of Georgia and since then, Georgia has been the leading producer of pecans. Although Georgia is the leading producer, in some years collections of pecans from wild trees in Oklahoma and Texas surpass the production in Georgia.
The Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic has become a major problem for North America in the last decade. While only the size of a grain of rice, the MPB has caused massive forest destruction in British Columbia as well as many parts of the United States. According to British Columbia’s government website (2012) “The B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations estimates that the mountain pine beetle has now killed a cumulative total of 710 million cubic meters of timber since the current infestation began”. This damage doesn’t even include the More than 3.3 million forested acres in Colorado that have been affected by MPB since the current infestation began more than a decade ago. (Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests). These aren’t the first outbreaks of the MBP though, and the beetle itself has been around for over 12,000 years. (D. Six n.d). There have been recorded outbreaks dating back to the 1920’s, but what makes this latest one so severe? (MBP Symp 2003) (p.43). The answer to this question is, a perfect mix of warmer winters, longer, drier summers, and larger, older pine stands.
Spanish moss covers the southern city of Savannah, Georgia. The moss looks as if it drips from the massive oak trees located in the south. Feathery and silver green the foliage creates a sense of eeriness. It appears as if it pulls the surrounding area into another time and place. The Spanish moss engulfs the city and covers it in a mysterious
Warsaw, Missouri holds the record for both the coldest and the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Missouri ("Missouri Facts and Trivia"). The temperate deciduous forest is home to unique ecosystems and plentiful wildlife and vegetation. The temperature and precipitation in this biome is not too high or too low, hence the word temperate in the name. The terrain in the temperate deciduous biome has a great effect on the adaptations of the living organisms in the area. Missouri belongs in the temperate deciduous forest biome because both regions have similar climate, locations, terrain, flora, and fauna.
Today, tree harvesting occurs on only about 0.5% of the forest at any given time. Approximately 29 million board-feet of timber are taken annually from the forest (1 million board-feet builds about 100 two-thousand square foot homes). Harvesting is selected and carried out carefully to improve recreational facilities, create trails and vistas, improve wildlife habitat and provide wood products. The White Mountain National Forest is also one of the most heavily visited forests in the national system, with over 6 million visitors each year. Visitors enjoy backpacking, swimming, camping, snowmobiling, scenic driving, skiing and dogsledding.
Taking wood from rainforests and old-growth forests is detrimental to the environment and society. However, it is possible for us to have sustainable wood if we make an effort.
In 1996, Arctic Timber Engineered Woods Division, a highly mature business unit, faced a market downturn and began losing millions of dollars each month. Before becoming the President of the Engineered Woods Division, Bjorn Gustavsson had already determined that the company could not sustain its commodity business and was not aligned with the new direction devised by Peter Hammarskjöld, the CEO of Arctic Timber. According to Gustavsson, in order to prosper in a more challenging market environment, developing a specialty business was the only viable approach. The goal was to shift 50% of its commodity business into undetermined specialty by 2000. However, the Division had shifted only 10% of its business to specialty products by 1997.
Type V buildings are known as wood frame construction. To break Type V constructions to the basics, they are constructed of lightweight materials to save the contractor money. This type of construction is the most dangerous to firefighter due to the lightweight, cost effective materials used. Some of the wood frame buildings are Log cabins, Post and frame, Balloon Frame, platform frame, plank and beam, and truss frame.
Mahogany could be further refined, adding value to the product and thereby increasing profit potential. There are a few carpenters in Honduras that do this work on a contractual basis with which they could form a partnership.